diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/coins_view.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/coins_view.cpp
index 8f3e357a844..41c971c237b 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/coins_view.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/coins_view.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace {
-const TestingSetup* g_setup;
 const Coin EMPTY_COIN{};
 
 bool operator==(const Coin& a, const Coin& b)
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@ bool operator==(const Coin& a, const Coin& b)
 
 void initialize_coins_view()
 {
-    static const auto testing_setup = MakeNoLogFileContext<const TestingSetup>();
-    g_setup = testing_setup.get();
+    static const auto testing_setup = MakeNoLogFileContext<>();
 }
 
 FUZZ_TARGET(coins_view, .init = initialize_coins_view)
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/utxo_snapshot.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/utxo_snapshot.cpp
index 522c9c54eed..60d9d39b73f 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/utxo_snapshot.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/utxo_snapshot.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ void initialize_chain()
 FUZZ_TARGET(utxo_snapshot, .init = initialize_chain)
 {
     FuzzedDataProvider fuzzed_data_provider(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
-    std::unique_ptr<const TestingSetup> setup{MakeNoLogFileContext<const TestingSetup>()};
+    std::unique_ptr<const TestingSetup> setup{
+        MakeNoLogFileContext<const TestingSetup>(
+            ChainType::REGTEST,
+            TestOpts{
+                .setup_net = false,
+                .setup_validation_interface = false,
+            })};
     const auto& node = setup->m_node;
     auto& chainman{*node.chainman};
 
diff --git a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
index d0c465d189d..abe3d6a505b 100644
--- a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
@@ -230,9 +230,11 @@ ChainTestingSetup::ChainTestingSetup(const ChainType chainType, TestOpts opts)
 
     // We have to run a scheduler thread to prevent ActivateBestChain
     // from blocking due to queue overrun.
-    m_node.scheduler = std::make_unique<CScheduler>();
-    m_node.scheduler->m_service_thread = std::thread(util::TraceThread, "scheduler", [&] { m_node.scheduler->serviceQueue(); });
-    m_node.validation_signals = std::make_unique<ValidationSignals>(std::make_unique<SerialTaskRunner>(*m_node.scheduler));
+    if (opts.setup_validation_interface) {
+        m_node.scheduler = std::make_unique<CScheduler>();
+        m_node.scheduler->m_service_thread = std::thread(util::TraceThread, "scheduler", [&] { m_node.scheduler->serviceQueue(); });
+        m_node.validation_signals = std::make_unique<ValidationSignals>(std::make_unique<SerialTaskRunner>(*m_node.scheduler));
+    }
 
     m_node.fee_estimator = std::make_unique<CBlockPolicyEstimator>(FeeestPath(*m_node.args), DEFAULT_ACCEPT_STALE_FEE_ESTIMATES);
     bilingual_str error{};
@@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ ChainTestingSetup::ChainTestingSetup(const ChainType chainType, TestOpts opts)
 ChainTestingSetup::~ChainTestingSetup()
 {
     if (m_node.scheduler) m_node.scheduler->stop();
-    m_node.validation_signals->FlushBackgroundCallbacks();
+    if (m_node.validation_signals) m_node.validation_signals->FlushBackgroundCallbacks();
     m_node.connman.reset();
     m_node.banman.reset();
     m_node.addrman.reset();
@@ -318,6 +320,8 @@ TestingSetup::TestingSetup(
 
     LoadVerifyActivateChainstate();
 
+    if (!opts.setup_net) return;
+
     m_node.netgroupman = std::make_unique<NetGroupManager>(/*asmap=*/std::vector<bool>());
     m_node.addrman = std::make_unique<AddrMan>(*m_node.netgroupman,
                                                /*deterministic=*/false,
diff --git a/src/test/util/setup_common.h b/src/test/util/setup_common.h
index 6d8fcbbbfb5..9515f0255ec 100644
--- a/src/test/util/setup_common.h
+++ b/src/test/util/setup_common.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ struct TestOpts {
     std::vector<const char*> extra_args{};
     bool coins_db_in_memory{true};
     bool block_tree_db_in_memory{true};
+    bool setup_net{true};
+    bool setup_validation_interface{true};
 };
 
 /** Basic testing setup.